THE LATINA BOOK CLUB

    Ecco/ Harper Collins It was the kind of freedom you felt when someone was looking at you and finally saw what others couldn’t see because it had been bottled away for so long. ---Angel The Latina Book Club congratulates author Joseph Cassara on his brilliant debut, and we are pleased to choose THE HOUSE OF IMPOSSIBLE BEAUTIES as our Book of the Month for Pride Month. Inspired by the documentary Paris is Burning , and because he never found any books with “real” gay Latino characters, Cassara wrote his own story.   Set during the 80s and 90s when disco and AIDS reigned supreme, THE HOUSE OF IMPOSSIBLE BEAUTIES is the story of four Latino gay / transgender youths looking for the freedom to be true to themselves.   Angel, Venus, Juanito and Daniel become a family against all odds. Life is hard for them, but amid the abuse, violence and addiction, they find strength in each other. We love that THE HOUSE OF IMPOSSIBLE BEAUTIES is ab...

The Latina Book Club doesn’t talk politics, but Trump is like the elephant in the room.  How could you not?   Our friend and Altadena, CA’s, Poet Laureate THELMA T. REYNA has just published  a poetry collection about Trump and the future of our country.   We are happy to have been granted an interview and an excerpt to share with our readers.  Happy Reading and, as always, Read Latino Lit. NOTE TO OUR CALIFORNIA READERS! Tuesday, March 13 , at VRoman’s Bookstore in Pasadena, CA, from 7-8pm, Thelma and three other local distinguished guest poets will read from her new book.  All welcome. Visit www.vromansbookstore.com to make reservations. INTERVIEW WITH THELMA T. REYNA LATINA BOOK CLUB: In this book, you give voice to people’s fears of what is happening to this country with Trump in the White House— to immigrants, to the Dreamers, to all people of color.  How hard was it to put yourself into others’ sho...

The Latina Book Club congratulates author J. L. Lora on the debut of Book 3 – STEEL – of her Trinity Series.    Below is an excerpt of the book, along with a summary and author bio.  Happy reading. STEEL by J. L. Lora Book Summary: Only the Devil you know has the power to really hurt you . Strong, daring, and loyal to a fault, Amelia Solis is the soul of The Trinity. Yet, this leader of New York’s top cartel has become a pawn in the game of revenge. All to hurt Leandro, the man she wants more than life but cannot be with.  The enemy’s always watching, biding his time .  Leandro Masseur, Lieutenant in the McLean crime family, earned his position through loyalty, shrewd business, and ruthlessness. His enemies never see the bullet until it’s ready to lodge between their eyes. When a dead woman is found in Amelia’s bed, his world is flipped off its axis.  Their Devil knows what buttons to push . Four women will die ...

The Latina Book Club has been celebrating Valentine’s and Galentine’s Days all week long. Each day we featured a new Latina romance author for your reading pleasure. We’ve come to the end of our celebration. We know that there are other numerous Latina romance authors out there and we are on a mission to discover them all. Meanwhile, w e wish you much joy in the New Year and remind you to always Read Latino Lit and Read Romance. DID YOU KNOW?! Romance Readers are loyal. 61% of them are reading the same amount of romance novels as they were a year ago.  In fact, 23% of romance readers are reading more! MEET LIANA DE LA ROSA Liana De La Rosa writes historical romance with a touch of spice.  Her stories are set in the Georgian and late Regency periods. She is a longtime fan of the romance genre, and can remember sneaking Harlequins into her bedroom to read on the sly. After her second child was born, her husband challenged her to write her own ...

The Latina Book Club is celebrating Valentine’s and Galentine’s Days all week long. Each day we will feature a new Latina romance author for your reading pleasure. Enjoy and remember to Read Latino Lit and Read Romance. DID YOU KNOW?! 64% of R omance Readers read more than one romance a month.   MEET MIA SOSA A former D.C. First Ammendment and media lawyer, Mia traded in her suits for lounge wear (aka sweatpants!). She strives to write fun and flirty stories about imperfect characters finding their perfect match. Her Suits Undone series, which launched her romance writing career, were all about mixing business with pleasure. Oh la la!  Mia began reading romances in middle school. She remembers hiding them behind the covers of her Menudo magazines. Neither college nor law school deterred her from reading romances. In fact, for years, she thought the phrase “talk softly and carry a big stick” was dating advice.  LOL.  Today Mia is ...

The Latina Book Club is celebrating Valentine’s and Galentine’s Days all week long. Each day we will feature a new Latina romance author for your reading pleasure. Enjoy and remember to Read Latino Lit and Read Romance. DID YOU KNOW?! Romance buyers also read mystery, general fiction, cooking/food books, young adult, and erotic fiction. MEET CARIDAD PINEIRO. Caridad was born in Havana, Cuba, and settled in the New York Metropolitan area. She attended Villanova University and got her juris doctor from St. John’s University.  She is the first female partner at an intellectual property firm in mid-Manhattan. That’s her day job.  Caridad is also a multi-published and award-winning author whose love of the written word developed when her fifth grade teacher assigned a project – to write a book that would be placed in the school library. She has been hooked on writing ever since. In 1999, she was published by Kensington’s Encanto line, ...

The Latina Book Club has been celebrating Valentine’s and Galentine’s Days all week long. Each day we will feature a new Latina romance author for your reading pleasure. We remind you to always Read Latino Lit and Read Romance. DID YOU KNOW?! 53% of Romance Readers love romantic suspense; followed by 41% who prefer contemporary romances; 34% who prefer historical romance; 33% prefer erotic romance; 26% prefer New Adult; 19% prefer paranormal romance; 18% prefer Young Adult romances; and 17% prefer Christian romances.     MEET LYDIA SAN ANDRES Lydia is a Dominicana who lives and writes in the tropics, where she can be found reading and making excuses to stay out of the heat.  Visit her at www.lydiasanandres.com . ARROYO BLANCO AND CIUDAD REAL Don’t let other people decide who you are. In her novels, each of the protagonists struggles to define her own identity and desires, and reconcile that with what’s expected of ...